Homer Kirham Jr Returns Home After Foot Ulcer Treatment
Des Moines hospital treated Homer Kirham Jr for foot ulcers for several weeks. Miss Pearl Barber, daughter of Mr and Mrs Barber north of Anita, married Wilbur Dorsey, son of Mr and Mrs Dorsey of Benton township, in a Danish Lutheran ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Kirham, Jr
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Miss Pearl Barber
Frank Barber
Anita
Wilbur Dorsey
L. L. Dorsey
Benton Township
Local notes from Anita and Atlantic area
Baby girl born at Atlantic hospital to Richard and wife Maas weighs 8 pounds 14 ounces. An Anita High student Billie Scholl was injured when he lost control of his bicycle on a south Anita hill. Lucius Lamborn and Harry Swartz wed at Atlantic Methodist parsonage. Cass County singles tennis champion Kenneth Turner beat Fred Okell. paving between Anita and Adair by C F Lytie Construction Co completed. traffic to open soon. Jess Taylor welcomes daughter Marlyn Jean born August 28. County census 19 421 figures up 2 percent from prior count. Local Odd Fellows lodge buys building. Coffey and Irwin Implement Co. serves local stores. Cal Darrow and George Smithers on business trip. game between old time players of Anita and north of Anita to follow. Robert Howard suffers finger infection from fish dressing. 25 years ago note on farming origins of leaders.
Dreiser hires cub for women's magazines after rejections
The text notes Theodore Dreiser hiring a new writer as a cub on women's magazines after many rejections in New York. His first task involved selecting winners in a pet letter contest, starting October 1. It also mentions the era's belief in opportunity for earnest workers with brains and brawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Theodore Dreiser
Returning to the Farm Life in a Changing County
A narrator recalls rural transformation from horse-drawn carts to rubber-tired buggies and new farms signs. Phebe and Pa plan marriage, the family adjusts to wealthier neighbors, telegraphy kinship, and city life in New York intrigues Homer, who works as a writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tryside
Phebe
Dave
Homer
Sedalia
Pam
New York
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Omaha
Newt Kennedy
Horse Pond
Big Foot Lake
Renzo Davis
Reminiscences of a Writer and Farm Life in Kansas
A voice recalls poverty, farming, and early literary success in a midwestern family. The narrator notes shifts from rural toil to literary endeavor, mentions mentors like Will Dean Howells, and reflects on changes as land expanded and kin moved between farms and cities. Details include Family names Elson Waterloo and Lampes, the old house, and a tenth birth in the Lampe family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Dean Howells
Company
Ant
Kansas
Brash
Wyoming
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Crawford’s Clover Farm
Miracle Crystal
Glendale
THE
Anita Tribune
Iowa
Paul R. Brown
Anita, Iowa
Peace Time Service
Overland Greyhound
Arnett Cafe
Overland Greyhound Lines
Operated By
Interstate Trandt Lines
Eran Parsonage
Atlantic
Atlantic Hospital
Richard Maas
Billie Scholl
Anita High School
Lester Scholl
Lincoln Township
South Anita
Cal F. Darrow
George Smithers
Nebraska
Methodist Parsonage
Lucius Lamborn
Harry Swartz
W. H. Meredith
Robert Howard
Berea
Kenneth Turner
Cass County
Fred Okell
Lewis
Here
Adair
C. F. Lytie Construction Co
Jess Taylor
Marlyn Jean
Odd Fellow Lodge
Coffey & Irwin. Implement Company
By Homer Croy
Uni
America
W.T. Biggs
G. A. Roe
Frank H. Osen
Ralph
Raymond Bohning
West
Kimball, Nebr
Raymond
Salt Lake City
Utah
Anderson Farm
John Deere
Moline Tractor Gang
McCormick Deering
McCormick-Deering
Earl
Anna Stone
C. E. Parker
Mes
P Spoene
Batt
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